1954 Detroit Titans football team
American college football season
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The 1954 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1954 college football season. In their first season under head coach Wally Fromhart, the Titans compiled a 2–7 record (1–3 against conference opponents), finished fourth in the MVC, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 158 to 107.[1]
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record2–7 (1–3 MVC)
Headcoach
- Wally Fromhart (1st season)
HomestadiumUniversity of Detroit Stadium
| 1954 Detroit Titans football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 2–7 (1–3 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | University of Detroit Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 18 | Cincinnati* | L 13–21 | [2] | ||||
| September 25 | Boston College* |
| L 7–12 | 13,750 | [3] | ||
| October 1 | Quantico Marines* |
| L 0–20 | 8,350 | [4] | ||
| October 15 | Villanova* |
| W 20–0 | 4,650 | [5] | ||
| October 22 | Tulsa |
| W 28–18 | 21,350 | [6] | ||
| October 29 | Marquette* |
| L 13–14 | 8,275 | [7] | ||
| November 6 | at Oklahoma A&M | L 19–34 | 12,000 | [8] | |||
| November 20 | at Wichita | L 0–20 | 16,498 | [9] | |||
| December 4 | at Houston | L 7–19 | 7,500 | [10] | |||
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